B8 (Namibia)

B8
B8
	Map of the B8.
Route information
	Maintained by Roads Authority Namibia
Length	933 km (580 mi) Includes the main route between Otavi and Ngoma, and a short 4 km (2.5 mi) spur section also designated B8 between Katima Mulilo and the Katima Mulilo Bridge.
Main route
Length	929 km (577 mi)
West end	B1 in Otavi
Major intersections	B14 in Grootfontein; B10 in Rundu; B8 (Katima Mulilo spur) in Katima Mulilo
East end	A33 at the Botswanan border at Ngoma
Katima Mulilo spur
Length	4 km (2.5 mi)
South end	B8 (main route) in Katima Mulilo
North end	M10 at the Zambian border (Wenela Border Post) near the Katima Mulilo Bridge
Location
Country	Namibia
Major cities	Otavi, Grootfontein, Rundu, Divundu, Katima Mulilo
Highway system
	Transport in Namibia;

Crossing the Trans–Caprivi Highway on approach to Katima's Mpacha Airport.

B8 road often known as the Golden Highway ^[1] is one of the national highways of Namibia. It leads from the B1 at Otavi via Grootfontein and Rundu through the Caprivi Strip to the border town of Katima Mulilo (where there is a short 4-kilometer (2.5 mi) spur section, also designated B8, crossing into Zambia) and further on to the Botswana border at Ngoma. The section from Otavi to Katima Mulilo forms part of the Walvis Bay-Ndola-Lubumbashi Development Road.

Populated places

from west to east

^ http://www.namibia-travel-guide.com/bradt_guide.asp?bradt=416>
^ Labersweiler, Sabine (7 February 2011). "Kapelle in Mile 30 eingeweiht" [Chapel consecrated at Mile 30] (in German). Evangelical Lutheran Provost Brunswick. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012.